I'm Ken and this is a Monday edition of Autoweek TV. Here's the news from the car world:

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Rally driver Travis Pastrana will slip behind the wheel of the new Dodge Dart to compete in this year's Global RallyCross Championship.

The race series is a spinoff of the crazy car antics you see at the X Games. This season's schedule has six events, including the X Games in Los Angeles at the end of June.

The rally version of the Dart packs a turbocharged four-banger that pumps out more than 600 hp. That power gets to the ground via all-wheel drive.

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Mercedes-Benz plans to roll out a restyled version of the boxy G-class SUV during the car show in Beijing next month.

But it slipped a preview into the background of a photo of the revamped GLK.

The sheetmetal changes are minor. But the big news is that Mercedes will bolt a twin-turbo V12 into the new G-class to create the G65 AMG. That engine will propel the G-class from 0 to 62 mph in 5.2 seconds.

Look for the revamped G-class to reach U.S. dealerships by the end of this year.

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IndyCar's new DW12 race cars and its new engines finally hit the track for racing on Sunday.

And some teams were caught by the teething problems of new equipment--especially those running the Lotus engine.

But Penske driver Helio Castroneves, with Chevrolet power, rolled to a fairly easy win on the streets of St. Petersburg. Ganassi driver Scott Dixon, with Honda power, finished second.

You can find a full report of all of the weekend's racing action at autoweekracing.com.

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That's the news for today.

We'll leave you with a report from West Coast editor Mark Vaughn on the Queen's English car show.